Vol 26 No 3: September 2017 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

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Giardia duodenalis Associated with Intestinal Metaplasia of the Stomach

Cristian Gheorghe, Bogdan Cotruta, Gabriel Becheanu, Mona Dumbrava, Stefania Verban

221

Intrahepatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst: a Rare Complication of Pancreatitis

Peter J. Edmonds, Juan Pablo Arroyo, Andre Morales, Ryan M. Brown, Wesley E. Ely

222

Jejunal Mucinous Cystadenoma in Ectopic Pancreatic Tissue: a First Observation

Alexis Litchinko, Floryn Cherbanyk, Petra Rosskopfova, Snezana Andrejevic Blant, Olivier Martinet

223

Identifying a Mucinous Neoplasm Utilizing Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: Branch-Duct Gastric Type Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm

Amrit K. Kamboj, Rohan M. Modi, Darwin L. Conwell, Somashekar G. Krishna

224

Original Article

Bismuth-based Quadruple Therapy Following H. pylori Eradication Failures: a Multicenter Study in Clinical Practice

Angelo Zullo, Vincenzo De Francesco, Annamaria Bellesia, Roberto Vassallo, Audenzio D’Angelo, Giuseppe Scaccianoce, Rodolfo Sacco, Giampaolo Bresci, Annarita Eramo, Anna Tanzilli, Lorenzo Ridola, Domenico Alvaro, Claudio Londoni, Gianfranco Brambilla, Raffaele Manta, Agostino Di Ciaula, Piero Portincasa

225-229

Association of microRNA Polymorphisms with the Risk of Gastric Cancer in a Romanian Population

Ion Rogoveanu, Florin Burada, Mihai Gabriel Cucu, Cristin Constantin Vere, Mihai Ioana, Raluca Alexandra Cîmpeanu

231-238

Effectiveness and Safety of Golimumab in Treating Outpatient Ulcerative Colitis: A Real-Life Prospective, Multicentre, Observational Study in Primary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Centers

Antonio Tursi, Leonardo Allegretta, Nello Buccianti, Nicola Della Valle, Walter Elisei, Giacomo Forti, Roberto Faggiani, Sara Gallina, Yusef Hadad, Tiziana Larussa, Angelo Lauria, Francesco Luzza, Roberto Lorenzetti, Giammarco Mocci, Antonio Penna, Natale Polimeni, Giuseppe Pranzo, Cristina Ricciardelli, Costantino Zampaletta, Marcello Picchio

239-244

Genetic Risk Factors for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease might Affect the Susceptibility to and Modulate the Progression of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Aleksander Kuś, Magdalena Arłukowicz Grabowska, Konrad Szymański, Ewa Wunsch, Małgorzata Milkiewicz, Rafał Płoski, Zakera Shums, Gary L. Norman, Piotr Milkiewicz, Tomasz Bednarczuk, Marcin Krawczyk

245-252

Molecular Biomarkers as Predictors for Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation. A Prospective Study

Bogdan Dorobantu, Irinel Popescu, Simona Dima, Anca Nastase, Speranta Iacob

253-259

Endocan Serum Levels in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with or without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study

Marcello Dallio, Mario Masarone, Giuseppe Gerardo Caprio, Rosa Di Sarno, Concetta Tuccillo, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, Marcello Persico, Carmela Loguercio, Alessandro Federico

261-268

Serum Concentrations of Th17-Associated Interleukins and Autoimmune Phenomena are Associated with the Degree of Liver Damage in Alcoholic Liver Disease

Anna Parfieniuk Kowerda, Magdalena Swidersk, Tomasz Szulzyk, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Tadeusz W. Lapinski, Robert Flisiak

269-274

Real-Life Use of 3 Direct-Acting Antiviral Regimen in a Large Cohort of Patients with Genotype-1b HCV Compensated Cirrhosis

Liana Gheorghe, Speranta Iacob, Manuela Curescu, Ciprian Brisc, Cristina Cijevschi, Florin Caruntu, Carol Stanciu, Iulia Simionov, Ioan Sporea, Cristian Gheorghe, Razvan Iacob, Victoria Arama, Roxana Sirli, Anca Trifan

275-281

Evaluation of 2D- Shear Wave Elastography for Characterisation of Focal Liver Lesions

Ludmila Gerber, Daniel Fitting, Kajana Srikantharajah, Nina Weiler, Georgia Kyriakidou, Joerg Bojunga, Falko Schulze, Dimitra Bon, Stefan Zeuzem, Mireen Friedrich Rust

283-290

Reviews

Volumetric Laser Endomicroscopy for Barrett’s Esophagus – Looking at the Fine Print

Deepanshu Jain, Sanna Fatima, Shilpa Jain, Shashideep Singhal

291-297

Case Reports

Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Complicated by a Hepatic Inflammatory Pseudotumor and Tumor-Forming Pancreatitis

Rena Kaneko, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Natsuko Nakazaki, Yuichiro Yano, Masazumi Ogawa, Yuzuru Sato

299-304

Cholangiocarcinoma in Wilson’s Disease – a Case Report

Dániel Németh, Anikó Folhoffer, Gábor Smuk, Béla Kajtár, Tamás Tornóczky, Ferenc Szalay

305-308

Romanian SGH corner

Position Paper on Treatment of Hepatitis C in Romania 2017. Part Two

Liana Gheorghe, Ioan Sporea, Speranța Iacob, Roxana Șirli, Anca Trifan, Mircea Diculescu, Carol Stanciu, Oliviu Pascu, Monica Acalovschi, Ciprian Brisc, Cristina Cijevschi, Cristian Gheorghe, Zeno Spârchez, Ion Rogoveanu, Daniela Dobru, Dan L. Dumitrascu

309-317

Letters

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is associated with lower fibrosis score in non-progressive HBsAg-positive subjects

Carlo Frongia, Orazio Sorbello, Luigi Demelia, Gian Franco Capra, Ezio Laconi

319-321

Sustained virological response after 4-week ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir, ombitasvir and dasabuvir plus ribavirin treatment in a kidney transplant recipient

Claudio Calvanese, Andrea Lisotti, Saverio Fiorenza, Marcora Mandreoli, Giancarlo Caletti, Pietro Fusaroli

319-321

Heller myotomy and endoscopic balloon dilation may be equally effective in the shortand long-term

Ion Bancila, Cristian Gheorghe

319-321